Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work was premiered on 30 September 1791 at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer’s premature death. The Magic Flute tells the story of Tamino, a prince who must undergo a series of tests, accompanied by his sidekick Papageno, in order to marry the princess Pamina. Alongside the priest Sarastro, Tamino, Papageno, and Pamina battle Pamina’s mother, the evil and mysterious Queen of the Night.